Chief Secretary Carrie Lam allegedly tendered her resigned this morning, in a move believed to pave way for a Chief Executive bid, local media reports.
Chinese-language outlets began reporting the news quoting sources at around 10:30am, while Lam, the city’s No. 2 official, was attending an internal secretarial seminar at Science Park. Oriental Daily reports that the potential CE hopeful left her home on Barker Road at around 7:30am today for the government headquarters and declined to answer questions from reporters. About an hour later, Lam left Tamar and departed for the seminar in Sha Tin.
The seminar, which was held to discuss the government’s role in the developing city, was attended by many prominent political players, including acting Financial Secretary KC Chan, Secretary for Development Paul Chan, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Matthew Cheung, Secretary for Education Eddie Ng, Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung, Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for Commerce and Development Greg So, and Director of the Chief Executive’s Office Edward Yau. They were also joined by ICAC Commissioner Simon Peh and Director of Social Welfare Carol Yip.
Executive Councillor Bernard Chan and former lawmaker Ronny Tong, who have both been tipped to join Lam’s campaign team, were also present, according to Apple Daily.
So far, only two people, Regina Ip and Woo Kwok-hing, have announced their candidacy for the chief executive election in March. In December, Financial Secretary John Tsang, who has topped opinion polls for months, stepped down from his longtime post, a decision many speculated was in preparation for the upcoming chief executive election. So far, Tsang’s resignation has not yet been accepted by central government.
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